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Upper Dublin High School seeks board approval for Spain exchange; committee moves request to legislative
Summary
A high school Spanish exchange program — a biennial academic exchange with Spanish students visiting in October and Upper Dublin students traveling to Spain in February — was presented and the committee agreed to forward the proposal to the legislative agenda for consideration.
A high-school Spanish teacher (name not stated in the transcript) presented a proposal for the district’s biennial Spain exchange at the March 5 Education Committee meeting and asked the committee to move the item to the legislative agenda.
The teacher said the exchange is academic in purpose: Spanish students would visit Upper Dublin in October and Upper Dublin students would travel to Spain in February, staying with host families and attending partner high school classes. The teacher described the program as an opportunity that benefits the full school community — noting past practice of having visiting students meet with multiple Spanish classes and participate in other school activities.
“We picked this time in particular because it, buttresses with, residence day and an in service day so that they miss fewer days of school than they so they miss 4 and 4 rather than 5 and 5,” the teacher said when asked about course-selection timing and student responsibilities. The presenter added that staff would discuss course-selection needs with students before travel so teachers can submit recommendations and students would not miss critical selection meetings.
Committee members expressed support, asked logistical questions about scheduling and student coverage, and agreed to move the request to the legislative agenda for formal consideration.
Ending: The committee forwarded the Spain-exchange proposal to the legislative agenda; specific travel dates, student lists and chaperone arrangements will be provided with the formal legislative packet.
